Dis drie uur die oggend. Jou week oue baba hou nie op huil nie - jy het al alles probeer. Jou man is vas aan die slaap.
Jy wonder: "Wat het my besiel? Hoe gaan ek hierdie kind kan grootmaak?"
Vir 'n Ma & 'n Mikrofoon se heel eerste episode, begin ons by die heel begin van 'n ma en haar kind se reis. Daardie oomblik wat jy die eerste keer daardie bondeltjie vashou - JOU kind. In die hospitaalteater, of kraamsaal, in jou huis, of wanneer jou aanneem-kind vir jou gegee word.
Daniëlla van Heerden gesels met Katinka Lategan, is ‘n geregistreerde verpleegster en borsvoedkonsultant by die "Breastfeeding and Baby Clinic" in Roodepoort. Katinka het al honderde nuwe ma’s besoek by hulle huise, in daardie brose toestand met 'n nuwe baba, en sy't al alles gesien.
Sy deel die basiese dinge wat elke nuwe ma moet weet, en gee ook wenke oor hoe om daardie eerste paar weke van jou "nuwe lewe" as mamma, te oorleef.
It's three in the morning. Your week-old baby won't stop crying - you've tried everything. Your husband is fast asleep.
You wonder, "What on earth possessed me? How on earth will I manage motherhood?"
For the very first episode of 'n Ma & 'n Mikrofoon, we start at the very beginning of a mother and her child's journey. That moment when you hold that bundle for the first time - YOUR child. Whether it's in the hospital theater, delivery room, at home, or when your adopted child is placed in your arms. Daniëlla van Heerden talks with Katinka Lategan, a registered nurse and lactation consultant at the "Breastfeeding and Baby Clinic" in Roodepoort. Katinka has visited hundreds of new moms at their homes, in that delicate state with a new baby, and she has seen it all. She shares the essential things that every new mom should know and also provides tips on how to survive those first few weeks of your "new life" as a mom
